Concurrent pulmonary hypoplasia and congenital lobar emphysema in a young dog with tension pneumothorax: a rare congenital pulmonary anomaly

Abstract Background Pulmonary hypoplasia (PH) and congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) are very rare congenital pulmonary anomalies in veterinary medicine. PH refers to the incomplete pulmonary development due to embryologic imbalance of bronchial development between the lung buds, while CLE is defined...

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Main Authors: Hyun-Jung Han, Jung-Hyun Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Subjects:
Dog
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13028-019-0472-2